PERSONNEL : Lee Allen (tenor saxophone)/ Alvin "Red" Tyler (baritone sax) / Edgar Blanchard (guitar) / Frank Fields (bass) / and Earl Palmer (drums) / * - #50 on "The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Of All time" list, 2003 // * - Click on the Link above, to view the original album, suitable for worshipping as a religious artifact.

Upon completion in 1974, Spector shelved the release for a full year, only to find it largely met with indifference at the time. / The album was included in Robert Dimery's "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die".

Real name: John Nommensen Duchac

Formed in 1995, by singer & songwriter Mark Oliver Everett.

In keeping with their sense of humor, album credits read "Recorded at Bearsville Studios, November 1977 (not at Yankee Stadium)". / The FULL STORY - The album cover has photos of NRBQ in an otherwise empty Yankee Stadium; these were taken as a birthday treat for Joey Spampinato, when his bandmates arranged a private visit to the ballpark.

Spelled 'Rock 'N' Roll Woman' on original single. / Peruvian band founded in 1965, playing covers and a few of their own songs on Peruvian television. But a chance encounter with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards after a private party in Lima got them chance to go to England. They recorded some demos in the studio of The Rolling Stones and at Jagger's Star Groves Castle, by using the Rolling Stones Mobile Recording Studio.

From Lima, Peru, formed in 1969 by members of "Los Shain's", disbanded after a short existence in 1970. They were named after the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album, and a bar in Lima. // Click on the Link above, to view the original album.

From Lima, Peru. // Click on the Link above, to view the original single.

* - Their second album / Click on the Link above, to view the original single.

Fom Lima, Peru; influenced by Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin. / * - They reformed in 2007, and released an album the next year. // Click on the Link above, to view the original album.

The name of the band is a misspelling of the Spanish word leucemia (meaning leukemia). / Click on the Link above, to view the original album.

"Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs" #12 / * - Released 11 days after Cooke was shot and died

* - Holiday's label, Columbia, refused to record it, so she got permission to record it on Commodore Records, owned by Milt Gabler, Billy Crystal's uncle. / Click on the Link above, to view the original 10" shellac record.

* - from the album 'Combat Rock'

Robert Christgau gave the album B+ in a dismissive review, that complained of a lack of progress from earlier albums.

In an interview in 2011, Dammers explained what he was trying to convery: " The overall sense I wanted to convey was impending doom. There were weird, diminished chords: certain members of the band resented the song and wanted the simple chords they were used to playing on the first album. It's hard to explain how powerful it sounded. We had almost been written off and then "Ghost Town" came out of the blue. "

* - Titled 'Between The Wars' // Click on the Link above, to view the original single, with a picture sleeve.

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The song's lyrics became an inspiration for younger women, and are sometimes cited as a factor in the development of the second wave feminist movement. / Click the Link above, left to view the original single, with a picture sleeve.

Often billed as 'Bob Marley And the Wailers'

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